Meet outside Norrieís Gift Shop at the Arboretum. Our tour guides will be club member Steve McCabe, noted succulent expert who recently retired from the Arboretum, and docent Mike Clark. This arboretum specializes in Mediterranean-climate plants (California, S Africa, Australia, New Zealand) and also specializes in plants that are attractive to hummingbirds.

General admission and guided-tour fees will be covered by the club for those members who register in advance by Thursday May 11th with club President Sonia Dyer at sonia.dyer@sbcglobal.net or 408-629-5735, or cell 408-858-4027. Since relatively few participants chose to ride the scheduled tour bus for our last field trip, this one will be drive-yourself. If you wish to carpool, please make your own arrangements.

Keep in mind that weekend drives over the mountain can be slow due to crowds of beach-goers, so get an early start. You may wish to have breakfast in Santa Cruz, or spend some time before the tour visiting one of the plant nurseries in the neighborhood for a Motherís Day gift. Kathi Cambiano recommends Dig Gardens https://diggardens.com/ 420 Water St, Santa Cruz.

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